Webster's Dictionary 1913

4942

Roxburgh

Rox″burgh (?; Scot. �), n. [From the third duke of Roxburgh (Scotland), a noted book collector who had his books so bound.] A style of bookbinding in which the back is plain lea...

4943

Roy

Roy (roi), n. [F. roi.] A king.

4944

Roy (2)

Roy, a. Royal. Chapman.

4945

Royal

Roy″al (?), a. [OE. roial, riall, real, OF. roial. reial, F. royal, fr. L. regalis, fr. rex, regis, king. See Rich, and cf. regal, real a coin, Rial.] 1. Kingly; pertaining to t...

4946

Royal (2)

Roy″al, n. 1. Printing and writing papers of particular sizes. See under paper, n.2. (Naut.) A small sail immediately above the topgallant sail. Totten.3. (Zoöl.) One of the upp...

4947

Royal (3)

Roy″al, n.(Auction Bridge) A royal spade.

4948

Royal spade

Royal spade. (Auction Bridge) A spade when spades are trumps under the condition that every trick over six taken by the successful bidder has a score value of 9; — usually in pl.

4949

Royalet

Roy″al‐et (?), n. A petty or powerless king.there were at this time two other royalets, as only kings by his leave. Fuller.

4950

Royalism

Roy″al‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. royalisme.] the principles or conduct of royalists.

4951

Royalist

Roy″al‐ist, n. [Cf. F. royaliste.] An adherent of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government.Where Ca'ndish fough...

4952

Royalization

Roy′al‐i‐za″tion (?), n. The act of making loyal to a king. Saintsbury.

4953

Royalize

Roy″al‐ize (?), v. t. to make royal. Shak.

4954

Royally

Roy″al‐ly (?), adv. In a royal or kingly manner; like a king; as becomes a king.His body shall be royally interred. Dryden.

4955

Royalty

Roy″al‐ty (?), n.; pl.Royalties (#). [OF. roialté, royaulté, F. royauté. See Royal, and cf. Regality.] 1. The state of being royal; the condition or quality of a royal person; k...

4956

Royne

Royne (roin), v. t. [F. rogner, OF. rooignier, to clip, pare, scare, fr. L. rotundus round See Rotund.] To bite; to gnaw. [Written also roin.] Spenser.

4957

Roynish

Royn″ish, a. [F. rogneux, from rogne scab, mange, itch.] Mangy; scabby; hence, mean; paltry; troublesome. [Written also roinish.] “The roynish clown.” Shak.

4958

Royster

{ Roys″ter (?), Roys″ter‐er (?) }, n. same as Roister, Roisterer.

4959

Royston crow

Roys″ton crow′ (?). [So called from Royston, a town in England.] (Zoöl.) See Hooded crow, under Hooded.

4960

Roytelet

Roy″te‐let (?), n. [F. roitelet, dim. of roi king.] A little king. Heylin. Bancroft.

4961

Roytish

Roy″tish (?), a. [Prob. for riotish, from riot, like Scot. roytous for riotous.] Wild; irregular.

4962

Ru bible

Ru″ bi‐ble (?), n. A ribble. Chaucer.

4963

Rub

Rub (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Rubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Rubbing.] [Probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. rhwbiaw, gael. rub.] 1. To subject (a body) to the action of something moving...

4964

Rub (2)

Rub, v. i. 1. To move along the surface of a body with pressure; to grate; as, a wheel rubs against the gatepost.2. To fret; to chafe; as, to rub upon a sore.3. To move or pass ...

4965

Rub (3)

Rub, n. [Cf. W. rhwb. See Rub, v,t,] 1. The act of rubbing; friction.2. That which rubs; that which tends to hinder or obstruct motion or progress; hindrance; obstruction, an im...

4966

Rub (4)

Rub, n. — Rub of the green(Golf), anything happening to a ball in motion, such as its being deflected or stopped by any agency outside the match, or by the fore caddie.

4967

Ruba-dub

Rub″a–dub (?), n. The sound of a drum when continuously beaten; hence, a clamorous, repeated sound; a clatter.The rubadub of the abolition presses. D. Webster.

4968

Rubaiyat

‖Ru‐bai‐yat″ (?), n. pl.; sing.Rubai (�). [Ar. rubā'iyāh quatrian, pl. of rubā'iy having four radicals, fr. rubā' four.] Quatrians; as, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Sometimes i...